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The beloved Kentucky Wildcats are four games into their ’06-’07 campaign, and were just barely eliminated from the Maui Invitational by #5-ranked UCLA. It’s a promising start to what could be a quirky season. A bunch of new faces, old roleplayers, and the Huckleberry Hound-esque Randolph Morris pepper the roster, which has the chance to be a dangerous team. Let’s have a look at the ‘Cats and their schedule, shall we?
The cast:
1 Michael Porter G 6-2/180 Fr – “3-pt specialist” = “white”
3 Ramel Bradley G 6-2/176 Jr – Hustles, but sloppy
5 Derrick Jasper G 6-6/213 Fr – Exciting w/ long arms
10 Lukasz Obrzut C 7-0/270 Sr – Flashes of near-brilliance
13 Bobby Perry F 6-8/215 Sr – The glue
20 Jodie Meeks G 6-5/206 Fr – Young for his age
21 Perry Stevenson F 6-9/178 Fr – Beanpole
23 Sheray Thomas F 6-8/236 Sr – Can throw down at times
32 Joe Crawford G 6-5/211 Jr – Ridiculously streaky
33 Randolph Morris C 6-11/259 Jr – Show us something!
42 Mark Coury F 6-9/239 Fr – Who?
43 Jared Carter C 7-2/250 So – Hold your arms up
The plan:
11/22 at No. 11 Memphis – Another tough early test
12/2 at No. 2 North Carolina – Great chance for great upset
12/9 Indiana – Talk about scrubs…
12/16 at Louisville – Grrrrr
02/10 No. 1 Florida – Huge.
02/13 at No. 21 Tennessee – Vols suck
02/17 at No. 9 Alabama – Could be ugly
02/20 No. 6 LSU – Last game of the Death Stretch
03/4 at No. 1 Florida – Ugh.
As it always is, the Kentucky Derby was fun, exciting, and gorgeous to watch. It was a beautiful day both in Boston and at Churchill Downs, which made for much julepry, singing My Old Kentucky Home on the deck, and of course, betting. I made $2 in our pool. Cha-ching!
Well, tomorrow is the 132nd Kentucky Derby. Today, the 132nd Kentucky Oaks is being run. In the Derby, Brother Derek, the current 3-1 favorite, will be bustin’ out of the 18th post position, and Lawyer Ron, who was sold today, drew the 17th. Keep your eye on A.P. Warrior, too. If only I could go Back to the Future II-style and get the sportsbook, I’d be going superfecta all up in this. Oh well, I’ll just go ahead and hit the trifecta.
Should be another exciting race, beautiful day, and ridiculous fun on and off the track. Mint juleps and My Old Kentucky Home will be in full effect tomorrow at the crib.
Related: O.J.’s Derby pick? Lawyer Ron, natch
Kentucky’s Rajon Rondo to hire agent, test draft
Dang. Good luck.
Korvotney – I have no idea what language that is. Polish? Russian? Albanian? Alabamian?
Yellawood – Alabama’s version of Hollywood? The sign even read “Yella!” (as in, “atcha boy”)
Dollard – I’ve heard dullard and I’ve heard dollar. Either way, his game is worth the same.
Rekalin – Misspelling of “recliner”?
Quantez – Named after the movie?
Smith finds fax; Morris will return Jan. 10
Tubby was rummaging through his desk and found a fax that ‘A’Dolph sent him that said something like “I’m testing the waters”, so once they sent it to the NCAA, Morris’ suspension was reduced to a half-season (14 games), which means he’ll be back soon. We need him worse than a goat needs his tin cans, so we’ll take him.
Like ESPN says: why did this take so long? Is Tubby that sloppy or did they just fabricate it?
Kentucky coach says Williams has bright future
Yeah, ok. Whoever he is. He can’t be that good if he can’t get any PT from the bums we have out there now.
10 reasons not to be blue over the Blue
No championships are won or lost in December. True.
Obviously.
Dude gets 19 boards one night, none another. Can sort of make assists, but definitely can’t drive & kick. He can run the break, but it usually breaks more than it runs.
Palacios sits out practice, likely to play
Bum ankle. We need to make him move around the court. Maybe set his shorts on fire.
According to this:
Boston Globe’s Red Sox buzz
it appears that this:
-Pedro offered four-year, $56 million deal with Mets
has brought us to this:
-Red Sox chase Clement
-Sox may go hard after Renteria
-Red Sox meet with Delgado
-Sox still trying for Hudson
-Wells announcement Tuesday
Jayson Stark on the Pedro deal
More: SI’s rumor mill
Pats’ Weis named Notre Dame head coach
He better forget everything he ever heard about Notre Dame until the Pats win the Super Bowl 39 in January. If they don’t, I’m holding him AND his botched stomach-stapling surgery responsible for everything.
Eli Manning’s line yesterday @ Baltimore:
4-for-18, 27 yards, 2 INTs, 1 fumble, 0.00 QB rating
Kentucky to beat everyone in March
You heard it here second. According to just about everyone at ESPN, who from here on out are never wrong, the ‘Cats are a lock for the Final Four.
The freshmen just keep getting exponentially better, making UK the youngest and scariest team in college hoops.
Except for St. Jerome’s College in Oregon, which fields a team of knife-wielding Albanian midgets.
If it hasn’t happened already, I think Jimmy Kimmel needs to do his Karl Malone bit and re-enact this whole thing. Because Karl Malone wearing a cowboy hat and saying he’s “hunting little Mexican girls” is comedy gold.